Country music claims a first on Billboard’s charts, thanks to Megan Moroney and Ella Langley.
As previously reported, Moroney’s Cloud 9 debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rebounds for a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs survey, after it first led three weeks earlier.
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Moroney and Langley make history as the first women who primarily record country music to rule Billboard’s premier all-genre song and album charts simultaneously, dating to the Hot 100’s August 1958 inception (after the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular weekly basis March 1956).
In just four other weeks, men/women/group combinations placed country at No. 1 on the surveys together, just not two women in the same week.
Here’s a recap of the select five frames in which country titles (defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top Country Albums or Hot Country Songs charts) have topped the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 together:
Date, Billboard 200 No. 1 / Hot 100 No. 1:
- March 7, 2026, Cloud 9, Megan Moroney / “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley
- Oct. 26, 2024, Beautifully Broken, Jelly Roll / “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey
- Aug. 31, 2024, F-1 Trillion, Post Malone / “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey
- July 22, 2023, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift / “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
- April 30, 1977, Hotel California, Eagles / “Southern Nights,” Glen Campbell
Also contributing to the chart double-up for women artists, Miranda Lambert is among the co-writers and co-producers of “Choosin’ Texas.” Langley and Lambert co-penned the song with Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor and co-produced it with Ben West. It became the first Hot 100 No. 1 for each talent; Moroney earns her first Billboard 200 leader.
Further sharing the achievement, Cloud 9 and “Choosin’ Texas” are both Sony Music Entertainment releases, the former on Megan Moroney / Columbia / Columbia Nashville / Sony Music Nashville and the latter on SAWGOD / Columbia (with country radio promotion by Triple Tigers).
Following the release of Moroney’s Cloud 9, “Choosin’ Texas” previews Langley’s album Dandelion, due April 10.
All charts dated March 7 will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 3.
